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Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.
Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
Age: 90 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1965
Died: January 24
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Today I may way before an awestruck world I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
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Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.
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We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.
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